On Wednesday morning, workman hoisted a 30-foot-tall grain silo to the roof of Lompoc Fifth Quadrant, the only place the bustling brewry/pub has room for such a thing. They'll store 60,000 pounds of their base malt in the silo and a chute will deliver the malt from
the roof directly into the brewhouse.It's the first of many new developments for Lompoc, which is also
installing a new brewhouse in the Fifth Quadrant brewery in early
March. Developed locally by MetalCraft Fabrication, the new 15-bbl
brewhouse includes four 30-bbl fermenters and will greatly increase the
brewery's capacity. Lompoc's Fifth Quadrant brewhouse produced 2,300
bbls in 2010, and anticipates producing

foystonIt took a good-sized crane to hoist the silo...

3,000 in 2011.

foystonwhile all the commotion was going on outside, brew boss Dave Fleming was starting yet another batch of Lompoc's most popular beer, C-Note...

foystonHe was clipped in, still, you'd want to use just one hand to unbolt that clevis and grab tight with the other...